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The Georgia company that owns Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters golf tournament on Monday asked a judge to stop a golf memorabilia company from auctioning off a Masters champion's green jacket and other items it says were never supposed to have left the club's grounds. Augusta National...

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A lawsuit is asking a judge to order Green Jacket Auctions not to use Augusta National trademarks and not to deceptively or unfairly compete with Augusta National.

A lawsuit is asking a judge to order Green Jacket Auctions not to use Augusta National trademarks and not to deceptively or unfairly compete with Augusta National.

With a chance to close out the match, Jordan Spieth fired his second shot into the par-5 15th at Royal Birkdale and it never left the flag, bounding onto the green about 20 feet behind the hole. His partner Tuesday was Justin Thomas, who watched the flight of the ball and said, "I like having him...

Sung Hyun Park gave away the U.S. Women's Open a year ago with a couple of bad rounds on the weekend. The South Korean didn't make the same mistake this year. Park shot her second consecutive five-under-par 67 on Sunday and won a final-round battle with front-running Shanshan Feng and teenage amateur...

Third-round leader Patrick Rodgers knew that it would take a ton of birdies Sunday to win the John Deere Classic. Bryson DeChambeau took that advice to heart. DeChambeau overcame a four-stroke deficit to beat Rodgers by a stroke for his first PGA Tour title — and a spot next week in the British...

Shanshan Feng is going to have the president of the United States looking over her shoulder in the final round of the U.S. Women's Open, and probably a lot of South Korean fans, too. The 27-year-old from China rolled in a short birdie putt on the final hole Saturday to take a one-shot lead after...

Paul Casey was the main attraction Tuesday at BMW Championship media day, joking on a Skype call from Arizona about his bridesmaid status in the event. Casey finished second in 2010 at Cog Hill and took silver again in 2016 at Crooked Stick in Indiana. The winner both times? Dustin Johnson. "If...

Tiger Woods had five drugs in his system when he was arrested in May on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a report Monday. At the time, Woods told authorities that he was taking Vicodin and Xanax, but per ESPN, a toxicology report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office...

Justin Thomas emerged from the shadow of a longtime friend and won the PGA Championship to take his place among the young elite in golf. With two big breaks to start the back nine, a chip-in for birdie to seize control and a timely 7-iron that soared over the water to a peninsula green, Thomas...

In 1995, a few years after I joined the LPGA tour, I was working out in the fitness van at a tournament when Charlie Meacham, our commissioner at the time, asked me to come outside for a few minutes to chat. I wasn't worried — as a professional golfer, I was never caught up in any controversy,...

He’s one of many: Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Rory McIlroy — all winners, champions. Yet Jordan Spieth also is one of a kind, a golfer who has others in awe, has them using words such as intangible when reflecting on his game. “You can’t really describe it,” said Ernie Els when called on to analyze...

Tiger Woods pleaded not guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence and will enter a diversion program later this year, a Florida prosecutor said. Palm Beach County Assistant State Attorney Adrienne Ellis said Woods' attorney entered the plea on his behalf. The 41-year-old golf superstar will...

Players are allowed to wear shorts during practice rounds at the PGA Championship. That won't be necessary in two years when it moves to May. The PGA of America is moving its major championship to May for the first time in 70 years when it goes to Bethpage Black on New York's Long Island in 2019...

Most players on the Web.com Tour would not be happy with shooting consecutive rounds of 74, better than just a handful of competitors, while missing the cut by 11 strokes at an event. Then again, most - OK, all - of them are not NBA superstars, making what Stephen Curry accomplished quite impressive,...

There's long. There's freakishly long. And then there's Cameron Champ, a modestly sized 6-footer who hits it a country mile. "For me it's just natural ability," Champ said of his length. "I've had it really forever." Champ emerged as the most intriguing survivor Friday at the Western Amateur by...

Know what's even harder than playing quarterback? Playing golf. Tony Romo has flourished against celebrities in Lake Tahoe, but the millennials crushed him at the Western Amateur. Playing on a sponsor's invitation at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, the retired Cowboys quarterback missed the cut...

Bernhard Langer won the Senior British Open on Sunday in rain and wind at Royal Porthcawl for his record-extending 10th senior major title and fifth in the last 10. Fighting a sore throat all week in the difficult weather conditions, the 59-year-old German star closed with an even-par 72 to finish...

Charley Hoffman birdied the final hole for a seven-under-par 65 on Saturday at Glen Abbey in Oakville to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the RBC Canadian Open. The 40-year-old Hoffman had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch that ended on No. 15, bogeyed the par-4 17th and rebounded...

Kids in high school did not know what to make of Dylan Meyer's look. They called him Harry Potter. Or Napoleon Dynamite. Or Peter Parker, the unmasked version of Spider-Man. "I embrace it," Meyer said. Conformity? Timidity? Meyer and his dark-framed Izod glasses have no time for that. Meyer is...

As well as he’s playing, Jordan Spieth could have a grip adjustment in his future. He’s one good Sunday away from wrapping his hands around the Claret Jug. Spieth shot a 5-under-par 65 on Saturday to create some distance from the field at 11 under heading into the final round of the British Open...

Branden Grace was playing in the daylight — good weather, at last — and the dark. The South African had no idea that he was headed for history Saturday, that his eight-birdie round of 62 in the British Open was the lowest ever in a major championship. As a result, Grace went from ho-hum to history....

Firestone Country Club will honor the late golf legend Arnold Palmer by naming a stone bridge after him at the signature 16th hole he dubbed "The Monster." The Akron Beacon Journal reports the Arnold Palmer Bridge will be dedicated with a plaque Aug. 2 before the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone...

Shanshan Feng opened a two-shot lead Friday after two rounds of a U.S. Women's Open that got its first visit from a sitting president. Fresh from a Bastille Day celebration in Paris, President Donald Trump pulled into his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., around 3:40 p.m., visited his...

Hootie Johnson, the South Carolina banker and Augusta National Golf Club chairman who stubbornly stood his ground amid pressure for the club to invite female members, died Friday morning. He was 86. Augusta National announced his death and celebrated the sweeping changes to the Masters during his...

Rookie Xander Schauffele made a three-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., by a stroke over Robert Streb for his first PGA Tour victory. Schauffele closed with a three-under-par 67 and finished at 14-under 266 to cap a daylong...

PGA Tour rookie Sebastian Munoz has found a comfortable routine at the Greenbrier Classic — go play golf, then watch a movie at night. After catching “Ferris Bueller's Day Off” following an opening-round 61, Munoz kept it going Friday, shooting a three-under-par 67 for a three-stroke lead over...

When Danielle Kang won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2010 and 2011, her father, K.S. was her caddie. K.S. died in 2013 after a battle with brain and lung cancer, but as Danielle closed in Sunday on her first LPGA win, she felt her dad beside her once again. "I always looked at my dad like he was...

Tiger Woods is receiving help to manage his medications. “I'm currently receiving professional help to manage my medications and the ways that I deal with back pain and a sleep disorder,” Woods said in a statement on Monday night. “I want to thank everyone for the amazing outpouring of support...

As Rickie Fowler's tee shot soared into the first fairway Sunday, a man yelled: "Let's go, Rickie! Do it today, baby!" Fowler did birdie that first hole but could get little going beyond that. His even-par 72 left him in a tie for fifth and in a familiar spot — still in search of his first major...

Brooks Koepka has won the U.S. Open title for his first major championship. The 27-year-old Koepka grabbed control with three straight birdies on the back nine at Erin Hills. He matched Rory McIlroy's U.S. Open record by finishing at 16 under. Koepka takes home $2.16 million, the largest single-day...

Billy Horschel won the AT&T Byron Nelson with a par on the first playoff hole Sunday after Jason Day pulled his four-foot par putt left and past the hole. That miss by Day almost wasn't even needed for Horschel, whose 36-foot birdie chance was rolling straight toward the center of the cup before...

Cameron Smith stood on the edge of the 18th green, wiping away tears eyes at a ceremony complete with alligator skin championship belts and a silver chalice. The 23-year-old Australian, the youngest and least accomplished player left on the course, had been painstakingly close to his first PGA...

In a swift response to increasing debates over television reviews, golf's ruling bodies issued a new decision on the Rules of Golf that limits the use of video evidence and could spare players from being penalized even if they violated a rule. The decision issued Tuesday — and effective immediately...

Wesley Bryan remembers pestering players with a lot of crazy questions at Harbour Town Golf Links as he followed father George III's only appearance at the RBC Heritage in 2004. "I was probably the most annoying 14-year-old there was," Bryan said. Once a pesky teen, Bryan's now a PGA Tour winner....

Graham DeLaet always loved playing at Harbour Town Golf Links, but rarely got the results he thought he should — until this week. DeLaet followed up his career-best six-under-par 65 in the first round with a 67 on Friday to share the lead with Luke Donald midway through the RBC Heritage at Hilton...

The record will show that Sergio Garcia won his first major on his 74th try on the 73rd hole of the 81st Masters tournament. But most who were watching on Sunday will tell you that he won the tournament on 13th hole when he and Justin Rose both parred the hole. Two pars decided the tournament? ...

At half-past 7, with the sun fading and jubilant fans chanting Ole ole ole ole, a tournament official told Sergio Garcia: "We're heading to Butler." Have sweeter words ever been uttered at Augusta National? Butler Cabin is where players go to join golf's greatest club. After slipping on a green...

Jordan Spieth joked Saturday that Augusta National officials couldn't "Jordan-proof" the course because he doesn't hit it straight enough off the tee. It's a moot point now. Spieth did himself in Sunday, dropping from contention after six holes and rinsing his tee shot on No. 12, a moment of deja...

The wind over the first two days proved to be one of the major factors in determining the Masters field for the final two days. Either you adapted or you failed. Matt Kuchar, who finished at 1-over for the two days, does not remember the conditions fondly. "Normally the rounds of golf here are...

Dustin Johnson won the Dell Technologies Match Play with more drama than he needed to cap off an otherwise dominant week that made him the first player to sweep the four World Golf Championships. The scorecard will show Johnson never trailed in any of his seven matches over 112 holes, ending with...

AUSTIN, Texas — Dustin Johnson had reason to be rattled. As he walked off the 12th green Saturday afternoon, the match referee said five words that Johnson heard for the first time all week in the Dell Technologies Match Play. "The match is all square." Until then, Johnson had led after each of...

Standing on the 18th hole at Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Marc Leishman looked to the hill behind the green and said what everyone was thinking. “I know we all wish he was up there,” Leishman told the crowd. The first Arnold Palmer Invitational without its iconic host provided the kind of Sunday drama...

Golfer Kevin Kisner knows only one speed — all out. Whether he is racing golf carts back home in Aiken, S.C., or sprinting up the leaderboard on moving day at Bay Hill, Kisner does not back off. Racing with friends earned Kisner a suspension last spring at straight-laced Palmetto Golf Club, a South...